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WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Could a heart disease pill be the secret to combating racism? According to one study it is.

Researchers from Oxford University released a new study in the international medical journal Psychopharmacology showing that taking propranolol reduces “implicit negative racial bias.”

“Implicit racial bias can occur even in people with a sincere belief in equality,” Dr. Sylvia Terbeck, author of the study, told The Daily Telegraph. “Given the key role that such implicit attitudes appear to play in discrimination against other ethnic groups, and the widespread use of propranolol for medical purposes, our findings are also of considerable ethical interest.”

Thirty-six white people were used in the study, with half getting propranolol and the other half getting a placebo. Researchers then used a feeling thermometer to rate how “warm” they felt toward different groups.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyesAnd clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB

Having worked in the legal drug development industry and understanding how secondary drug benefits can sometimes emerge during the toxicology and clinical studies portions, this is reaching beyond I've ever seen it.

I guess on this basis, women could probably take Viagra and "feel" less bigoted about pussified males.

Thirty-six white people were used in the study, with half getting propranolol and the other half getting a placebo. Researchers then used a feeling thermometer to rate how “warm” they felt toward different groups.

Thirty-six white people were used in the study, with half getting propranolol and the other half getting a placebo. Researchers then used a feeling thermometer to rate how “warm” they felt toward different groups.

Where do you stick that kind of thermometer?

I have a suggestion, but I'm not really sure if it's actually the intended usage of the thermometer.

I have a suggestion, but I'm not really sure if it's actually the intended usage of the thermometer.

I wouldn't be surprised if your suggestion turned out to be where they do stick it, since it's supposed to measure how good you're feeling. I didn't even know that they made such things. Imagine the commerical uses for husbands who suspect that their wives are faking pleasure.

I wouldn't be surprised if your suggestion turned out to be where they do stick it, since it's supposed to measure how good you're feeling. I didn't even know that they made such things. Imagine the commerical uses for husbands who suspect that their wives are faking pleasure.

What difference would that make?

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyesAnd clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB

“Implicit racial bias can occur even in people with a sincere belief in equality,” Dr. Sylvia Terbeck, author of the study, told The Daily Telegraph. “Given the key role that such implicit attitudes appear to play in discrimination against other ethnic groups, and the widespread use of propranolol for medical purposes, our findings are also of considerable ethical interest.”

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Thirty-six white people were used in the study, with half getting propranolol and the other half getting a placebo.

Isn't using only white people in the study, itself, implicit racial bias?

Isn't using only white people in the study, itself, implicit racial bias?

According to the script we are to follow , black people are incapable of true racism.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyesAnd clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB